"In his account of the relationship between France, the UK and the
US Andrew Williams successfully intertwines diplomatic history with
international thought. We are presented with a historical stage
that includes both the doers and the thinkers of the age, and as a
result this is a must read for both diplomatic historians and
historians of international thought. The second in a multivolume
study, this volume takes the story beyond the fall of France into
the war years, the period of post-war reconstruction, and the Cold
War. As with the first volume, Williams is an excellent guide,
stepping over the ruins of past worlds, and introducing us to an
epoch with more than its fair share of both visionaries and
villains. Yet in this second volume the stakes are higher, as the
United States comes to terms with its role as the paramount world
power, Britain faces a world that challenges its imperial order,
and France is picking up the pieces from its defeat." Lucian
Ashworth, Memorial University, Canada "Following on from his
outstanding first volume reviewing the complex interwar
relationships between France, Britain and the United States,
Williams' second volume is an indispensable and lucid overview of
the vitally important era of post-war reconstruction. From national
post-war developments to institutional structures and superpower
shifts, Williams examines clearly and engagingly the final passing
of pre-modern power structures and the emergence of a new Europe."
Amelia Hadfield, University of Surrey, UK "At a time of intense
debates about Europe, the 'Anglosphere' and empires old and new,
Andrew Williams's book is a timely demonstration that the weight of
emotion in the shaping of foreign policy and its makers should not
be forgotten. Unearthing some of the 'forces profondes' in
diplomacy and reflecting on feelings of humiliation and liberation
in national constructs, Andrew Williams discusses the cultural
conceptions and misconceptions that French, American and British
diplomats had of each other, thereby revisiting the reasons why the
'special relationship' was largely a myth - but one which had
tangible consequences on French and British policies in their
retreat from empire. By connecting the personal and the national,
the structural and accidental, Williams offers essential insights
into the major conflicts of the period and their impact on
diplomatic cultures across the Atlantic." Melanie Torrent,
Universite Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France The second volume
of this study of France's unique contribution to the international
relations of the last century covers the period from the Fall of
France in 1940 to Charles de Gaulle's triumphant return to power in
the late 1950s. France had gone from being a victorious member of
the coalition with Britain and the United States that won the First
World War to a defeated nation in a few short weeks. France then
experienced the humiliation of collaboration with and occupation by
the enemy, followed by resistance and liberation and a slow return
to global influence over the next twenty years. This volume
examines how these processes played out by concentrating on
France's relations with Britain and the United States, most
importantly over questions of post-war order, the integration of
Europe and the withdrawal from Empire.
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